FOCA URC Notice Originale - a photo on Flickriver

            This is the original user manual  that came with my FOCA Universel "RC », ultimate and last evolution 1962 of the French range-finder 35mm FOCA Universel camera's (1948-1963) . 

Only a bit more than 2000 FOCA URC were produced in the O.P.L. (« Optique et precision de Levallois » S.A.) in Châteaudun, Eure, France, in 1962 and 1963 before stopping definitively the manufacturing of the curtain-shutter camera’s.  The FOCA Universel RC is considered as the most beautiful FOCA ever produced in France. A  series of 102 FOCA Universel RC were delivered to the French Navy "Marine Nationale", that are a real rarity today (about 20 cameras known)

The evolution of the FOCA Universel to the « RC » version included a complete new system of very wide viewfinder at 1:1 ratio with collimation in orange color and coupled with full parallax compensation. I got the camera on September 9, 2023 at the photo fair of the Photography Museum of Saint-Bonnet-de-Mure, France. It took about 3 months of reflexion and discussion with a retailer to take the decision. The camera was provided with the normal 5-lens OPLAR optics 1:2.8 f=5cm of the same period (model-6 version-10, 1961) with front cap and FOCA AUV 42mm push-on filter. The camera has the specific URC ever-ready leather bag in perfect condition, and the original edition of the user manual.

May 15, 2024
69004 Lyon
France

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Camera: vivo V2124, f/1.8, 1/50 sec, 4mm, ISO 451 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	vivo V2124
Aperture:	f/1.8
Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	4mm
ISO:	451
Exposure Bias:	-0.4 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Not Defined
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Light Source:	D65
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Macintosh)
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